SDG 3:
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

University Impact Ranking for SDG 3
U of Haifa 0/100 

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38.2
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SDG3 Highlights

Herta and Paul Amir School of Medicine, University of Haifa, Cornerstone Ceremony

Learning & Students

The University Breaks Ground on New School of Medicine
Food, Healthy, Schnitzel, Vegetables, Chicken, Pomegranate

Operations

Food on Campus
Prof. Pavel Goldstein, Integrative Pain (iPain) Laboratory, University of Haifa

Public Engagements

New Approach to Chronic Pain fostered by Integrative Pain Laboratory at the University of Haifa
Old Woman, Nursing Home, Healthcare, Sickness, Chronic Diseases, Disabilities

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Prof. Anna Zisberg and Prof. Efrat Shadmi won a grant of 20 million euros as part of an international research group that aims to reduce chronic diseases in the elderly
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Learning & Students

Establishment of the New School of Medicine at the University of Haifa

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Ambient temperature and age-related notified Campylobacter infection in Israel: A 12-year time series study

By: Rosenberg A., Weinberger M., Paz S., Valinsky L., Agmon V., Peretz C.
Published in: Environmental Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Campylobacter spp. are the leading cause of foodborne infection worldwide, with a seasonal disease peak that (more…)

Influences on patients’ developing mentalization

By: Yerushalmi H.
Published in: International Forum of Psychoanalysis
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Analytic therapy enables patients to relive and repair failures to promote their mentalization by parental figures. Howe (more…)

Multicultural transitions: Caregiver presence and language-concordance at discharge

By: Rayan-Gharra N., Tadmor B., Balicer R.D., Shadmi E.
Published in: International Journal of Integrated Care
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Introduction: Patients with low health literacy (HL) and minority patients encounter many challenges during hospital to (more…)

Valganciclovir Is Beneficial in Children with Congenital Cytomegalovirus and Isolated Hearing Loss

By: Pasternak Y., Ziv L., Attias J., Amir J., Bilavsky E.
Published in: Journal of Pediatrics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of antiviral treatment for infants with congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) with isola (more…)

Taxation of sugar sweetened beverages and unhealthy foods: A qualitative study of key opinion leaders’ views

By: Tamir O., Cohen-Yogev T., Furman-Assaf S., Endevelt R.
Published in: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Fiscal policies to fight obesity such as taxation of unhealthy foods or sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) hav (more…)

The neuroscience of empathy – from past to present and future

By: Shamay-Tsoory S., Lamm C.
Published in: Neuropsychologia
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
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Elective egg freezing and its underlying socio-demography: A binational analysis with global implications

By: Inhorn M.C., Birenbaum-Carmeli D., Birger J., Westphal L.M., Doyle J., Gleicher N., Meirow D., Dirnfeld M., Seidman D., Kahane A., Patrizio P.
Published in: Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: What are the underlying socio-demographic factors that lead healthy women to preserve their fertility throug (more…)

Diabetes after hormone therapy in breast cancer survivors: A case-cohort study

By: Hamood R., Hamood H., Merhasin I., Keinan-Boker L.
Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Purpose Breast cancer treatments have been associated with an increased risk of multiple health-related adverse outcomes (more…)

Memoir of a father’s suicide

By: Virtzberg-Rofe’ D.
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
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Gerontological activism: an example of an intergenerational academic course within a university–community partnership

By: Agmon M., Doron I., Ergon-Karlin S.
Published in: Educational Gerontology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: This article describes and discusses a novel academic course founded by the Faculty of Welfare and Health Studies at the (more…)

A path analysis model suggesting the association between health locus of control and compliance with childhood vaccinations

By: Amit Aharon A., Nehama H., Rishpon S., Baron-Epel O.
Published in: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Despite vaccines benefits, parent’s vaccine hesitancy is growing. Health locus of control (HLOC) may affect decision mak (more…)

Who is sleepier on the night shift? The influence of bio-psycho-social factors on subjective sleepiness of female nurses during the night shift

By: Zion N., Drach-Zahavy A., Shochat T.
Published in: Ergonomics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Sleepiness is a common complaint during the night shift and may impair performance. The current study aims to identify b (more…)

NICHD-protocol investigations of individuals with intellectual disability: A descriptive analysis

By: Hershkowitz I.
Published in: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: The current study followed investigative interviews with individuals with mild and moderate intellectual disability (ID) (more…)

Kernel density analysis reveals a halo pattern of breast cancer incidence in Connecticut

By: Rybnikova N., Stevens R.G., Gregorio D.I., Samociuk H., Portnov B.A.
Published in: Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Breast cancer (BC) incidence rates in Connecticut are among the highest in the United States, and are unevenly distribut (more…)

A cluster randomized trial of community mobilization to reduce methamphetamine use and HIV risk among youth in Thailand: Design, implementation and results

By: Galai N., Sirirojn B., Aramrattana A., Srichan K., Thomson N., Golozar A., Flores J.M., Willard N., Ellen J.M., Sherman S.G., Celentano D.D.
Published in: Social Science and Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Use of methamphetamines (MA) and other stimulants have consistently been associated with HIV/STI risk global (more…)

Cognitive impairment and the association between frailty and functional deficits are linked to abdominal obesity in the elderly

By: Buch A., Carmeli E., Shefer G., Keinan-Boker L., Berner Y., Marcus Y., Goldsmith R., Stern N.
Published in: Maturitas
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objective: To evaluate whether specific obesity phenotypes in community-dwelling elderly: (a) affect differently the rel (more…)

Trajectories of marital, parent-child, and sibling conflict during pediatric cancer treatment

By: Katz L.F., Fladeboe K., Lavi I., King K., Kawamura J., Friedman D., Compas B., Breiger D., Lengua L., Gurtovenko K., Stettler N.
Published in: Health Psychology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objective: The stress of having a child with cancer can impact the quality of relationships within the family. The curre (more…)

Environmental risk factors associated with low birth weight: The case study of the Haifa Bay Area in Israel

By: Svechkina A., Dubnov J., Portnov B.A.
Published in: Environmental Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is known to be associated with infant mortality and postnatal health complications. P (more…)

Analgesic effects of reflexology in patients undergoing surgical procedures: A randomized controlled trial

By: Attias S., Sivan K., Avneri O., Sagee A., Ben-Arye E., Grinberg O., Sroka G., Matter I., Schiff E.
Published in: Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Objective: Inadequate treatment of pain in patients undergoing surgery is associated with unsatisfactory perioperative o (more…)

Using Home-Program Adherence App in Pediatric Therapy: Case Study of Sensory Processing Disorder

By: Gal E., Steinberg O.
Published in: Telemedicine and e-Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2018 |  Link
Description: Background: Pediatric therapies adopt a family-centered approach that encourages a caregiver’s involvement in therapy. C (more…)